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stuffs would be for our more comfortable cloathing and how profitable a 

 marchandize it is like to be to transport to other parts), doth hereby de- 

 sire all y" towns in generall. and every one in particular within y'' juris- 

 diction, seriously to weigh y' premises and accordingly that you will care- 

 fully indeavor y' preservation and increase of such sheepe as they have 

 already, and to also procure more with all convenient speede into their 

 severall towns by all such lawful wayes and means as God shall put into 

 their hands, and for y= better effecting here of wee thinke mete that it 

 be propounded to each severall towne being called to assemble together, 

 to Know who will buy ewe sheep at the rate of 40 shillings apeece under 

 three years old and how many they will be bound to buy, and in what 

 way they will make payment, that so there may be some course taken for 

 y' sending for them into other parts abroad, and that each town would ap- 

 point one of them selves who shall take a note of y' names of such as are 

 willing to further the worke, together with the number of the sheepe they 

 will buy, and the nature of their pay as aforesaid, and shall return the 

 severall notes to Major Gibon his house at Boston at or before y" first of 

 y" 7" month next, and further it is desired that such as have an opportu- 

 nity to write to any of their friends in England who are minded to come 

 unto us, to advize them to bring as many sheepe from thence as conven- 

 iently they can, which being carefully indeavored we leave y succease 

 to God." 



Applying this last sentence to our own attempt in this be- 

 half, we submit this as our report. 



James S. Geinnell, 

 Arthur A. Smith, 

 John E. Merrill, 

 For the Committee on Sheep-Husbandry. 



The report, after some discussion, was accepted, when the 

 Board adjourned to ten o'clock on Wednesday. 



SECOND DAY. 



The Board met at ten o'clock a.m., Hon. Marshall P. 

 Wilder in the chair. 



Present: Messrs. Abbott, Baker, Brown, Clark, Comins, 

 Damon, Davenport, Demond, Goessmann, Grinnell, Hadwen, 

 Hersey, Knox, Lewis, Moore, Phiuney, Pierson, Slade, Up- 

 ham, Wakefield, Ware, Warner, Wheeler, and Wilder. 



